Ticket printing and registering apparatus.



No. 891,624. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

M. LEBEIS.

TICKET PRINTING AND REGISTERING APPARATUS.

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TICKET PRINTING AND REGISTERING APPARATUS.

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MARTIX LEBEIS, OF KALK, NEAR COLOGNE, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO REGINAMASOHINEN- FABRIK, G. M. B. H., OF KALK, NEAR COLOGNE, GERMANY.

TICKET PRINTING Ami REGISTERING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1908.

Application filed December 4, 1906. Serial No. 346,247.

- T 0 a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN LEBEIS, a citizen of the Empire of Germany,residing at Kalk. near Cologne-on-the-Rhine, in the Empire of Germany.have invented a new and useful Ticket Printing and RegisteringApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new kind of apparatus for printing andregistering railway tickets and the like. in which loose type plates areemployed. The several type plates are loosely disposed in severalparallel vertical rows of parallelepipedal compartments in a magazine,each compartment receiving a single type plate. Opposite to the magazinea reservoir is disposed, which comprises several parallel verticalchannels in the central planes of the vertlcal rows of compartments.Into these channels various kinds of ticket blanks are charged.

- made stationar -1 printing device is disposed and means are providedfor vertically and horizontally shifting both the magazine and thereservoir, so as to select the respective type plate for the desiredstation name and kind of ticket and to bring it and at the same time thelowermost ticket blank in the corresponding channel in the reservoirinto a correct position with reference to the platen. After thisadjustment. both the type plate and the lowermost ticket blank are by amechanism simultaneously ejected from the magazine and the reservoirrespectively in opposite directions. so as to place the type plate onthe table of the printing device. and at. the same time to ink it and toplace the ticket blank on asupport just above the type plate. The typeplate then pressed with the ticket blank against the platen above toproduce the impression on the ticket. The latter is afterwardsdischarged and the type plate is returned to its compartment in themaga- I zine. which latter was meanwhile prevented from shifting untilthe return of the tyre plate. A registering device is preferab yprovided for recording the ticket printed on a paper strip. here sopreferred, the magazine may be shifted only vertically and the printingdevice horizontally for selecting the respective type plate, while thereservoir is made stationary. or the printing device may be shiftedvertically and horizontally,

. 'llllt' the magazine and the reservoir are both it so preferred, themagazine and the reservoir may be given the shapes of two drums, whichcan be simul- Y taneously or severally adj listed by turning.

I will now proceed to describe my invention' with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in'wl1ich Figure 1 is aside View of the ticketprinting and registering apparatus, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, partsbeing broken away, Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same, Fig. 4 is avertical section through the same on the broken line mx in Fig.'2, Fig.5 is an elevation of the printing device on an enlarged scale, Fig. 6 isa horizontal section through a modified ticket printing and re isteringapparatus, Fig. 7 is an elevation o the same, the base plate being shownin section, Figs. 8- and 9 are details, which will be referred to lateron, Fig. 10 is a perspective view to show the man ner in which a. typeplate can be ejected from the magazine to the table of the printingdevice, Fig. 11 is an elevation of the upper partof the printing device,Fig. 12 is a vertical cross section through the same on the line- :r:cin Fig. 2, Fig. 13 is a horizontal section through the line z2 in Figs.11 and 14, and Fig. 14 is a vertical section through the line y--y inFig. 13. 4

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

On a suitable base plate 200 s'iX standards 201 and 201 (of which onlyfour are shown) are fastened and the heads of the three standards 201 onthe left in Figs. 1 and 2 are comguided by means of two projections 205,205 .on the frame plates, whlch PIOJQCt-IOHS engage in two verticalrails 204, 204 fastened on the magazine 1 and preferably made of aU-shaped cross section. The magazine 1 is on the left side in Figs. 1and 2 provided with two vertical racks 10, 10, which mesh with four gearwheels 12, 12 fastened on two horizontal shafts 14' and 227. mounted toturn in the two frame plates 11, 11 and the upper shaft- 14 carries ahand- The latter are crank 13, by means of which it can be turned ineither direction for raising or lowering'the magazine 1. The magazine 1is shown as comprising six vertical parallel rows of coinpartments 3, 3and each compartment 3 is adapted to receive a single loose type plate2, which may be a alvano or a steel stamp or a stereotype or die like.Each compartment 3 has in its bottom a groove 3 across the magazine 1and this groove 3 widens a little on the left side in Fig. 1, as'isshown at Fig. 10. The puipose of this groove 3 will be explained lateron. The reservoir 17 as shown comprises six vertical channels, which areopposite to the six vertical rows of compartments 3, 3 in the magazine 1and are open at top and at bottom.- The lower edges 0 the six channelsin the reservoir lTar'e each provided with ledges 10. 10 (see Figs. 2and 1) for supporting the columns of ticket blanks 18, 18, which arecharged into the channels from above.

A printing device 4 is secured on the base plate 200 between themagazine 1 and the reservoir 17 in the plane of the left extreme channelin the reservoir 17in Fig. 4 or in the plane of the opposite extremevertical row of compartments in the magazine 1, if the carriage with themagazine 1 and the reservoir 17 occupies the extreme position shown inFig. 2, in other words the printing device 4 is placed in a verticallane near the two middle standards 201 am 201 It comprises a standard,two superposed spindles 30 and 30, a table 9 and a platen 225. The lowerspindle 30 is provided above its lower end with a screw-thread, whichengages in a nut 217 in the standard. The lower end of the spindle 30can longitudinally slide a bevel wheel 215. which in any known manner isprevented from turning on the s indle 30 and is also prevented fromlongitudinally shifting on the same, it being held between a bearing 216and the nut 217. with another one 220 fastened on a horizontal shaft219, which latter is mounted to turn in suitable journals 218 andcarries a hand-lever 221 (see 5). It will be understood, that bv turningthe hand-lever 221 in either direction the table 9 can be raised andlowered respectively. The up er spindle 30 is prevented from turning y asquare at its lower end and is connected with the platen 225. A helicals rin 30 is preferably employed for pressing t e p aten 225 downwards.When the hand-lever 221 occupies its vertical or middle osition, a spacewill be leftbetween the tab e 9 and the platen 225, which space may haveabout the same height as either compartment 3 in the magazine or a httlemore. Just beneath the platen 225 a forked piece of sheet metal isdisposed for supporting a ticket blank, see Figs. 12 and 13.

The hand-crank 13 mentioned above is provided with an indicator 16,which is adapted to show on a dial 15 the The bevel wheel 215 meshesosition of the magazine 1 in the vertical irection. The dial 15 isfastened on the one frame plate 11 and has as many divisions as everyvertical row in the ma azine 1 contains compartments 3, 3, and it willbe obvious, that if the indicator 16 points exactly at the middle of adivision the respective compartment 3 withthe type plate 2 will be 0posite to the s ace between the table 9 and t e platen 225 o theprinting device 4. The handle of the handcrank 13 has a longitudinalbore, in which a bolt 13 (see Figs. 8 and 9) is mounted to move and thisbolt 13 can en a e in either of several holes 15 in the ditil 15. Thenumber of the holes 15 is like that of the divisions on the dial 15.After turning and adjusting the hand-crank 13 its bolt 13* can be pushedinwards into the opposite hole 15 for locking it. Thereby the magazine 1will be prevented from dropping on the handcrank 13 being released.

On the two frame plates 11, 11 of the carriage a horizontal rack 21 isfastened along the reservoir 17. The right middle standard 201 in Figs.1 and 2 is provided with two. vertical supports 214, 214, in which ahorizontal shaft 22 is mounted to turn. This shaft 22 has fastened on ita pinion 23, a hand-crank 24 and an indicator 26. The

pinion 23 meshes with the rack 21 and the indicator 26 is adapted toshow on a dial 25 fastened on one support 214 the position of thecarriage in the horizontal direction. It will be understood, that byturning the handcrank 24 in either direction the carriage can be shiftedon the two rails 209, 209, so as to bring either vertical row ofcompartments 3, Sin the magazine 1 and the opposite channel in thereservoir 17 into the vertical central plane of the printing device 4.Any known ocking device, say as shown at Figs. 8 and 9, may be employedfor locking the c'arriage in its respective position.

The two middle standards 201 and 201" are each provided with two anns,marked .202 and 203 on the left and 206, 296 on the right in Figs. 1 and2. In the two arms 202 and 203 a horizontal slide 8 is mounted toreciprocate in the vertical central plane of the printing device 4 andis adapted to engage in the groove 3 of either compartment 3 of themagazine 1. At the end the slide 8 is provided with 8. lug 8 and twopins 8, 8. Two hooks S 8 are mounted to rock on the two pins 8, 8 andare normally held in their spread position shown at Fig. 10 by a spring8. They are adapted to engage over the lug 8 and in such a manner, thatsmall spaces are left between the lug 8 and the opposite faces of thetwo hooks 8 8 if the latter are pressed from the sides on the lug 8'.The widening part of either channel 3 is adapted to fold the two hooks S8 and to move them towards each other, when the slide 8 push thelatterto the in a manner to be described later on, is moved into the channel 3and passed through the same. Each type plate 2 is provided with aprojection 2 against the vertical part of which the lug 8- of the slide8 can strike and bear. This vertical part of the projection 2 can engagein the said spaces etween the lug 8 and the opposite faces of thetwohooks 8 8 The horizontal part of the projection 2 between itsvertical'part and the type plate 2 is made narrower, so as to permit thetype plate 2 to move with the table 9 upwards a little without gettingout of engagement with the slide 8, if the two hooks 8 8 are pressedfrom the sides on the lug 8 and thus co plc the type plate 2 with theslide 8. l

The standard of the printing device 4 is on its side facing the magazine1 provided with an extension 216 (see Fig.- 10), which is formed as achannel, that can register with eithercompartment 3 of the magazine.This channel is provided with a groove 216 which registers with thegroove 3 in the compartment 3. It will now beevident, that on the slide8 being moved through the grooves 3 and 216 its lug 8 will strike theprojec tion 2 of the type plate 2 and will thereby table 9 of theprinting device 4, while the two hooks 8 8 will be folded and movedtowards each other for coupling the slide 8 with thetype plate 2. Whenthe slide 8 is moved back, it will take the type plate 2 along with itfor returning the same to the compartment 3, until the two hooks 8 8open and disconnect the slide 8 from the type plate 2. The platen 225 ofthe printing device 4 is provided with A cranked double rack 212 guidedin four arms of the two front standarms, in which an inking roller 29 ismounted to turn. This inking roller 29 is adapted to ink the upper faceof either type plate 2 passed beneath it, see Fig. 5. The left part ofthe slide 8 in Figs. 1 and 2 is formed as'a rack 7, which meshes with apinion 6 fastened on a horizontal shaft 5. The latter is mounted toturnin the two left standards 201, 201 shown in Fig. 2 and has fastenedon it at the other end a pinion 213, which will be referred to later on.

In the two arms 206, 206 of the right middle standard 201 in Fig. 2 arack 20 is mounted to reciprocate, which meshes with a pinion 210fastened on a horizontal shaft 208. The latter is mounted .to turn inthe two right standards 201, shown in Fig. 2 and has fastened on it atthe other end a pinion 211. is horizontally ards 201 and 201 in Figs. 1and 2 and meshes on the one hand' with the pinion 211 from above and onthe other hand with the pinion 213 from below. The consequence of thisarrangement will be, that by moving the rack 212;"1'11 either directionthe two shafts 5 and 208 will be put in rotation in opposite directions,so that the two sides 8 and 20 will be simultaneously moved in oppositedirections, their opposite ends being moved either towards each other oraway from each other. The cranked double rack 212 is provided with a pin223, over which a fork 222 guided in two lugs on the hand-lever 221 canengage. Normally the fork-222 is pushed upwards by a helical spring 222(see Fig. 5) and it is only by depressing the knob 222 of the shank ofthe fork 222, that the handlever 221 can be pivotally connected with therack 212'by means of its pm 223. The rack 20 mentioned above has a head20 (Fig. 13), which is ada ted to eject the lowermost ticket blank 180111 either channel of the reservoir 17 to the forked support above thetype plate 2 in the printing device 4, see Figs. 5 and 11. The head 20is on the rear the return of the rack 20 it can pass beneath thelowermost ticket blank 18 in the channel of the reservoir 17 and raise alittle the column of ticket blanks, until it leaves the reservoir 17,whereupon the said column will drop. The rack 20 also meshes with apinion 307 (Figs. 11 and 14) fastened on a short shaft 308, which latteris mounted to turn in an arm 309 on the standard of the printing device4. The shaft 308 has fastened on it at the other end a bevel wheel 310,which meshes with another bevel wheel 311. The latter is fastened on avertical shaft-312, which is mounted to turn in two suitable brackets312 and 312 on the said standard. Loose on the shaft 312 is the longnave 313 of an ejector 313, which latter can turn through an angle ofabout 90 in both directions in the space between the platen 225 andtheforked sup ort 70 and is adapted to eject the printed ticket from thesupport 70 to an inclined chute 314 fastened on the standard in thedirection of the arrow in Fig. 13. Fastened on the bevel wheel 311 is aratchet Wheel 312 in which a pawl 313 engages that is disposed on theunderside of the ejector 313 and is pressed by a spring 313. It is to benoted, that when the rack 20 is without engagement with the pinion 307,the ejector 313 normally occupies a position at right angles to thatshown in Fig. 13 and is in the plane of the lowermost ticket blank 18,see Fig. 14. Fig. 11 shows the rack 20 in its extreme position and itwill be seen, that when the rack 20 is moved back from left to right, itwill turn in the same direction the pinion 307 and thereby also theejector 313. After a quarter of a revolution the pinion 307 will becomedisengaged from the rack 20, so that the ejector 313 will stop.

The several channels of the reservoir 17 ;are each arran ed forreceiving ticket blanks of one kind. For example the first channel mayhold ticket blanks of the first class, the

2, second channel those of the second class, the

at the upper end I so beveled off, see Figs. 1 and 11, that during I aioc lltv

- drums third channel those of the third class, the fourth channel thosefor return tickets, the fifth channel those for dog tickets and so on.

The type plates 2, 2 in each of the several vertical rows ofcompartments of the magazine 1 are of course destined for the same kindof tickets as the opposite channel of the reservoir 17. The type plates'2, 2 in either horizontal row are all destined for one and the samestation name. It will now be understood, that the magazine 1 requires tobe vertically adjusted by means of the handcrank 13, the indicator 16and the the dial for selecting the desired station name, and that thecarriage with the magazine 1 and the reservoir 17 requires to behorizontally adjusted for selecting the desired kind of ticket.

The shaft 227 mentioned above and disposed in the two frame plates 11,11 of the carriage has fastened on it six registering type drums 226,226, which are dis osed in the same e rtical central planes as techannels in the reservoir 17 and as the vertical rows of compartments 3,3 in the magazine 1. The six registering type drums 226, 226 serve forregistering the tickets printed. Consequently their peripheries are eachrovided with as many ty 6 sections, as t ere are station names'on t edial 15, in other words, as there are type plates 2, 2 in eithervertical row of compartments 3, 3 mthe magazine 1. Each of these typesections contains the number of a station, the class or sort and theprice of the ticket. Of course the ty e sections on the several re'stermg type diums 226, 226 are arrange in the same order as the typeplates 2, 2 1n the several vertical rows of compartments 3, For examplethe ty e sections in four l'lOIlzontal rows on the t fourregisteringiltype 226, 226 may be arranged as fo ows:

33 I. I 2.90 33 I. II 2.20 33 P. III 1.50 33 P. IV .80 37 I. I 37 I. II2.40 37 I. III 1.60 37 P. IV .30 43 l. I .50 43 I. II .40 43 I. III .2543 P. IV .15 44 P.I .90 44 I. II .70 44 P. III .50 44 P. I" .25

In each of these four groups the first column comprises (in thisinstance denoted by P=passenger train, or it may be an F for fast trainor a T for through train or an S for saloon-train and so on), the thirdcolumn the classes of cars (I firstv class, II second class and so on)and the fourth column the prices of tickets (in this case in Germancurrency). The six registering type drums 226, 226, are so proportioned,that on the magazine 1 shifting upwards or downwards they are so turnedas to lace the respective type sections on the si e of the shaft 227opposite to the magazine 1, the type section in the vertical centralplane of the printing device 4 corresponding to that type plate 2 in itscom artment'3, which is opposite to the space etween the table 9 and theplaten 225 in the printing device 4. A pressing roller 238 is adapted tostrike the numbers of the several stationnames, the second column thekinds of trains against this type section, it being mounted to turn inthe uppler arms of two two-armed levers 237, 237. he latter are fastenedon a horizontal shaft- 236, which is mounted to rock in two arms of theleft middle standard 201 in Fig. 2. An inclined shaft 235 is mounted insuitable supports to turn and is put in gear with the shaft 219 by meansof two bevel wheels 233, 233 (Fig. 5) and with the shaft 236 by means oftwo bevel wheels 234, 234.

It will be seen, that by moving the handlever 221 from its normalposition indicated by the dotted lines in Fi s. 1 and 5 to its otherposition shown in to lines the ressing roller 238 will be pressedagainst t e type section on the registering t pe drum 226 in thevertical central plane 0 the tinting device 4, and that by movin bac thehandlever 221 the pressing ro er 238 will be moved away from the retering ty e drum 226 in the direction of t e arrow. he left middlestandard 201 in Fig. 2 is provided with two pins 231 and 232, on whichtwo paper rolls 228 and 229 respectively are mounted to turn. Atwo-armed lmr 240 is mounted to rock on the lower pin 231 and its lowerarm is ivotally connected with the lower arm of t e two-armed lever 237by means of a rod 239. The upper arm of the lever 240 carries a pawl242, which engages in a ratchet wheel 243 rigidly connected with theupper paper roll 229, a spring 241 servi for pressing on the pawl 242and a chec awl shown bei provided on the standard or preventing t epaper roll 229 from retur A registering paper strip 230 is led from t elower paper ro 228 over the pressin roller 238 to the upper paper roll229. It wi l be seen, that during each return of the hand-lever 221 thetwo-armed lever 240 partakes in the motion of the two-armed lever 237 inthe direction of the arrow near the rod 239, so that the registeringaper stri 230 will be fed, it being unwound from the fower paper roll228 and wound on the upper paper rol 229. A shaft 33 is mounted to turnin two pendent arms of the two frame plates 1 1, 1 1 and has fastened onit six inking rollers 32, 32, which are adapted to ink the sixreg'stering type drums 226, 226 during their rotatlon.

The ticket printing and registering apparatus operates as follows: Whenit is desired to print a ticket of a certain kind and for a cer-' of thehand-crank 24 with regard to the indicator 26 and the dial 25, so as toplace the type plate 2 of the desired kindand the opposite compartmentof the reservoir 17 into the vertical central plane of the printingdevice 4. The knob 222 is then depressed for causing the fork 222 toengage the pin 223 on the cranked double rack 212 and next the handlever221 is moved from its normal position on the right in Fig. 5 to itsvertical or middle position, so as take along with it the cranked doublerack 212 and to simultaneously move the two slides 8 and 20 towards eachother,

" so that the slide 8 will engage in the groove 3 in the gr'oove'3- ofthe prevent the magazine of the respective compartment 3 in the magazine1 and will eject the ty e plate 2 therefrom to the table 9 while in ingit by means of the inking roller 29; and the head of the rack 20 willeject the lowermost ticket blank from the respective channel in thereservoir 17 to the forked support just above the type plate 2. Duringthis movement of the rack 20 the ticket blank 18 taken along with itwill strike/the ejector 313 and turn it into the position shown in Fig.13. The wall of the printing device will prevent the ejector 313 fromturning further. On the rack 20 near the end of its stroke engaging inthe pinion 307 it will simply turn theshaft 312 with the ratchet wheel312, which is permitted by pawl 313 Now the knob 2,22 is released todisconnect the hand-lever 221 from the double rack 212, whichhenc'eforward will remain idle. The hand lever 221 is thereupon movedfrom its middle extreme position on the eft in Fig. 5, so that thevertical spindle 30 will be longitudinally moved by means of itsscrew-thread and will press the table 9 with the type plate 2 upwardsagainst the ticket blank and theispring pressed platen 225 to producethe impression on the ticket. At the same time the pressing roller 238with the registering paper strip 230 will be struck against the typesection on the registering type drum 226 to print off the said typesection on the paper. It will be noted, that meanwhile the slide 8engagin compartment 3 .wil 1 from shifting and thusprevent the typeplate 2 on its return from its middle osition, so as to release theprinted ticket om the platen 225. The knob 222? is de ressed to connectthe hand-lever 221 with t e double rack 212 b means of the fork 222 andthe pin 223, a ter which the hand-lever 221 is moved back to its normalposition on the ri the commencement of its return the rack 20 will .haveturned the ejector .313 for ejecting osition to I the other getting intoa wrong compartment 3.- Thereupon the hand-lever 221 is returned tohtFig. 5, so that the. slide 8 by means 0 its two hooks 8, 3 withthe totlie chute 314, so discharged. I

The ticket printing and registering apparatus may be varied in manyrespects without de arting from the spirit of my invention. fsoreferred, the magazine 1 may be arranged to be shifted only verticallyand the reservoir 17 may be made stationary, while the printing device 4is laced on a carriage and is arranged to be orizontally shifted' Theeffect Wlll in this case be exactly the same as before. Or the printingdevice 4 alone. may be placed on a carriage to be shifted horizontallyand may be made vertically adjustable in the carriage, while both themagazine 1 and the reservoir-17 are made stationary.

If so preferred, the magazine 1 and the reservoir 17 may be given theshapes of two hollow drums, as is for instance diagrammaticallyillustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. The reservoir 17 is formed as a hollowvertical prism, w 'ch is placed on a suitable support. The magazine 1 isformed as a prism fastened on a vertical shaft 37 in the center line ofthe reservoir 17 this shaft being mounted in suitable bearings (notshown)to turn and to longitudinally move. Fastened on the shaft 37 is asmaller prism 31 which forms an equivalent for the registering typedrums 226, 226 described above. -All the three prisms 17 1? and 31 mayeach have as many sides, as there are" sorts of tickets. In the annularspace between the prismatic magazine 1 and the prismatic reservoir 17asta- =tionary printing device 4 may be placed, in which the table 9 andthe platen 225 should be so disposed, that the lowermost ticket blanksin the several vertical channels of the reservoir 17 will be in the samehorizontal plane as the space between the platen 225 and the supportingfork 70. Suitable means may be provided for vertically adjusting theshaft 37 with the two prisms 1 and 31 for the respective station nameand for simulrinted ticket from the forked support 70 that the ticket isthus taneously adjusting all the three prisms 1 31 and 17 in thehorizontal direction by turning them for the respective kind of ticket.In this case the printing device 4 will requireto be stationary, thesame as the registering mechanism which is. shown in Fig. 7 andcomprises the same parts as described'above. Or the reservoir 17 may berendered stationary and the shaft 37 with the two prisms 1 and 31 may bearranged to be only vertically adjustable, while the printing device 4and the re istering mechanism may bearranged to be orizontall-yadjustable by turning them around the shaft '37, be it by placing themon wheels running on concentric rails or by placing them on a circularturret which is actuated by means of a pinion and a toothed ring, or beit by placing them on an arm turnable on the shaft 37.

In Figs. 6 and 7 the prismatic reservoir 17 Z ments in several verticalrows, of a plurality is shown as possessing a number of verticalchannels, which is double the nuniber of the said magazine. one sides ofthe prismatic magazine 1, in other words double the number of verticalrows of 5 compartments 3, 3. This arrangement presents the advantage,that it is thereby rendered possible to prmt several sorts of ticketblanks with a single type plate 2 by merely displacing the reservoir 17with ref erence to the magazine 1. For example a type plate 2 destinedfor ordinary tickets may be employed forproducing impressions on aSunday ticket blank or on a ticket blank provided on the back with aspecial print.

It is obvious, that the registering type prism 31 will require to havethe same numer of type sections on each side as the side partments 3, 3and that the several type sections on each side will require to have tie same distances from each other as the type plates 2, 2 in a side ofthe prismatic magazine 1.

I'claim:

1. In a ticket printing apparatus, the com bination with a magazinecomprising a plurality of compartments in several parallel rows, of aplurality of type plates loose in the compartments of said magazine, onetype platepin each compartment, a reservoir comprising several channelsfor ticket blanks,a printing device comprising a table and a ticket'blank sup ort, means for ejecting either type plate om said magazine tothe table of said printing device and for returning same, and means forejecting a ticket blank from either channel of said reservoir to theticket blank support of said printing .device.

2. In a ticket printing apparatus, the combination with a magazinecomprising a plu rality of compartments in several parallel rows, of aplurality of type plates loose in the compartments of said magazine, onetype plate in each compartment, a reservoir comprising several verticalchannels for ticket blanks, a printing device comprising a table and aticket blank support, means for selecting and ejecting either type platefrom said magazine to the table of said printing device and forreturning same, and means for ejectingthe lowermost ticket blank fromthe corresponding channel of said reservoir to the ticket blank supportof said printing device.

3. In a ticket printin apparatus, the combination with a movab emagazine compris ing a plurality of parallelepipedal compartverticalchannels for ticket blanks in correspondence with the several verticalrows of j compartments in said magazine.

v same, means of the prismatic magazine 1 contains coma stationaryprinting device between said magazine and said reservoir and comprisinga table and a ticket blank support beneath the platen. means forvertically adjusting said movable magazine, means for horizontallyadjusting said movable magazine and said movable reservoir with regardto said stationary printing device. means for ejecting the respectivetype plate from said magazine to the table of said, printing device andfor returning for ejecting the lowermost ticket blank from thecorresponding channel of said movable reservoir to the ticket blanksupport of said printing device. and means for discharging the printedticket.

4. In a ticket printing apparatus. the combination with a frame, of acarriage horizontally movable in said frame, a dial with indicator andmeans for horizontally adjusting said carriage, a magazine verticallymovable in said carria e and comprising a plurality of parallelepipedalcompartments in several vertical rows, a plurality of type plates loosein the compartments of said magazine. one type plate in eachcompartment. a dial with indicator and means for vertically adjustingsaid magazine, a reservoir fastened in said carriage and comprisingseveral vertical channels for ticket blanks in correspondence with theseveral vertical rows of compartments in said magazine, a printingdevice in said frame between said magazine and said reservoir andcomprising a table and a ticket blank support beneath the platen, aslide horizontally guided in said frame and adapted to push therespective type plate from said magazine to the table of said printingdevice and to return same, a second slide horizontally guided in saidframe and adapted to eject the lowermostticket blank from thecorresponding channel of said reservoir to the ticket blank support ofsaid printing device and to discharge during its return the printedticket, and means for simultaneously moving said slide and said secondslide in opposite directions.

MARTIN LEBEIS.

Witnesses CARL MEYER, Louis VANDORN.

